Awana at Mableton First Baptist

After missing Awana on April 5 due to Spring Break, we start with awards to three of the Sparks students.

The boys and girls started strongly after Spring Break and we had five Sparks awards this week for progress in Scripture memorization.

Two awards for advancement in the Truth and Training division.

The large group time this evening was devoted to a Bible study, with each student using a Bible for looking up verses.

The boys and girls responded well to this Bible study. The Awana leaders joined in: Theresa Lamb, Lorraine Shaw, Brenda Speight, Barbara Porter, Melissa Little, Gail Wade, Tony Mode, and Jennifer Bentley in the center.

We start the Awana session with a brief game time. The boys and girls enjoy the various building sets to make structures. Melissa Little joins them on the floor with the structures.

How high can you build it? Melissa encourages these two girls.

A lively response to the award ceremony where we recognized advancements for one T&T and three Sparks Awanas.

We had a special police visit to the Sparks group. He told about some of the things that are part of his duty. The students were surprisingly positive and excited about the visit!

The officer described some of his duties, including training in safety. The students were so excited that one jumped up to run and hug him!

The children were very interested in his uniform, which was fully equipped with his service gun and a taser. In response to questions, he demonstrated the taser by pointing the two beams at the ceiling.

The young officer was very friendly and stayed around to visit with the children. He handed out stick-on police badges.

The officer hands out a badge and shakes the hand of an Awana. The process was an amazingly friendly encounter with the boys and girls.

We ended the session with a "Write the Room" exercise, where the students use posted words around the room to build a scripture sentence. The visiting officer was present for this, so we hope the interaction was a blessing to him.

We had three awards for Scripture memory advancement from Sparks students.

Becky leads the Bible study for Sparks